knife

Title

knife

Identifier

ABDUA:63255

Description

Steel bladed knife or kukri, with handle in wood and leather sheath. Label on sheath, with number 152. Used by Gurkhas of Nepal. One of six listed in Reid's 1912 Catalogue. Inscription: handwritten label on sheath: Cookerai from Nepal. Presented 1821 by H. Lumsden Esq. D. of Faculty

Date

Early: 1750 Late: 1821

Relation

metal steel leather wood

UUID

b7bfb5cc-8e61-4b39-9eb0-95c16270e41b

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